Written questions

Judges: Training

2026-06-18 · Ministry of Justice · 11497 · Official question

Tom Morrison

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training judges are given to deal with crimes of an extremely serious nature including the repeated sexual abuse of women.

Answer

To preserve judicial independence, statutory responsibility for judicial training is held by the Lady Chief Justice, Senior President of Tribunals and Chief Coroner. These responsibilities are fulfilled by the Judicial College.To preside over serious sexu...